Virginia
Richmond Strangles the Poor With Red Tape
Mayor says he wants to "promote economic parity and social justice," then sends code enforcers to evict the poor from their homes.
Stomping on Free Speech in Virginia
Local officials in Buchanan, and elsewhere, use regulations to shut their critics, and victims, up.
Federal Judge Rejects Attempt to Extend Discrimination Protection to Transgender Student
It's a case about public school bathrooms.
Government Incentives to Business Distort Free Market Forces
Policies like Virginia's new corporate welfare for a local brewery are three sheets to the wind.
2013 Fairfax Police Shooting of Unarmed Man With Hands Up Leading to New Training, Policies
The police's image has to improve, says a communications subcommittee charged with proposing reforms.
Arlington, Virginia, Seems to Think F-Bombs Are Actual Weapons
City increases fine for cursing in public.
How Virginia Lawmakers Are Harassing Short-Term Renters
The sharing economy faces big government obstacles.
How Virginia's Attorney General Puts the State Before the Citizenry
Why is Mark Herring carrying water for a state agency when he should be securing the rights of the people?
Richmond Cops Say Man They Shot Pointed Gun at Them; Cops Saw Him Making a 'Hand to Hand' Drug Deal
How much violence is limiting people's freedom to buy and sell drugs worth?
Virginia's Out of Control Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
It's time to rein in this abusive state agency.
Deaf Man Spent Six Weeks In Jail For a Crime He Didn't Commit; Sheriff's Office Say It's OK Because There Wasn't Any 'Intentional Discrimination'
But does it matter what the excuse is for keeping him in jail six weeks if it was wrong?
Virginia Delegates Overwhelmingly Approve Major Forfeiture Reform
The bill, now before the state Senate, requires a criminal conviction to complete a forfeiture.
Democrats Suddenly Discover the Virtues of Local Control
Virginia Democrats make an opportunistic case against charter schools.
Virginia State Legislator: "We found out that having a monopoly is really cool."
"Why do we want to give up a monopoly?"
SWAT Team Raids Poker Game in Virginia, Because It Could've Gotten Robbed
Games of chance where the house
How Government-Funded Stadiums and Museums Harm Taxpayers
A few lessons in crony capitalism from the state of Virginia.
States Move to Deregulate Homemade Food in 2015
Lawmakers target overregulation of small-scale milk, meat, and "cottage food" producers
Virginia's New Gun Control Proposals Won't Protect Public Safety
Most Second Amendment restrictions take rights away from people who don't commit crimes and never will.
How Urban Renewal Destroys Neighborhoods
What happens when central planners bulldoze communities and try to build better ones? Trampled property rights, dislocated families, wasted money, and failed development.
Searching for Answers in Virginia Rocket Explosion
Cargo rocket exploed moments after liftoff
Are Libertarians Spoiling the Midterm Elections?
Libertarian Party Vice Chair on the 2014 Midterms
Are Libertarians Spoiling the Midterm Elections?
Libertarian Party Vice Chair Arvin Vohra on the 2014 midterms
Virginia Millennials Prefer Libertarian Robert Sarvis to GOP Candidate
24 percent say they'll vote Sarvis
Why Mark Warner Should Quit the Democrats and Run As an Independent
Let's take partisan hackery out of the Virginia Senate race.
Property Rights Under Fire in Virginia
Local government uses extortionist tactics to fill its coffers.
Handouts Corrupt All Governors
What the scandal in Virginia teaches us about politics as usual.
Obamacare: Will Mandates for Doctors Come Next?
Central planning is replacing individual choice.
Robert Sarvis: Libertarian for the U.S. Senate from Virginia
The surprisingly wavemaking L.P. gubernatorial candidate strives to be a surprisingly wavemaking Senate candidate